Wayside Waifs

We have been looking to add another dog to our family for a while now – we fostered through another shelter and looked a couple of other places but never found the right fit. I had such a good experience with my first dog that I adopted from Wayside Waifs over eight years ago that we decided to go back there to find her a sibling. The adoption process was very thorough yet easy and enjoyable. We worked with Ken, who we were so impressed by - his calm and easy going nature, paired with his knowledge and experience, helped us feel confident in our decision. We adopted Lurch (now Bernard) a little over a week ago, and he is fitting in great 😊

6 days ago, we adopted a cat they named "Juanita". She was extremely stressed and we were so worried about how she would be as a pet. I'm here to report that she is soooo loving and cuddly, but it has been many hours of working with her daily, but VERY MUCH worth the work! She is a siamese with the only known history of living with a family who found her as a stray and had her for 5 months before surrendering her. My husband and I are so extremely happy we adopted her. We lost our dog in 2018 and wanted a pet, but also didn't want to get another dog. After 1 of our sons lived with us again for a bit, he brought his cat into our home, who we absolutely fell in love with. We decided to get a cat a few months after that son and his cat moved out. Best decision EVER! I can't thank Wayside Waif

I have adopted 3 pups from Wayside Waifs now. Every experience has been great. The staff is incredible, helpful, and patient. Dell, now Miku, has found her forever home and a big sister!

Wayside really gave us the chance of a lifetime. We had previously rehomed Chowder and he ended up at wayside. We were transparent with them about our history and why we wanted him back. After asking us all the important questions they allowed us to adopt him. Our lives and understanding of how to care for Chowder had changed and we really felt like he was meant to be with us. It has been nothing less than amazing. He is truly our dream dog, we even embarked him to better understand his personality based on his breeds. We are so thankful that Wayside took the steps to make sure we had the support we needed to bring him back. We are even more thankful that they agreed to allow us to do it. 💗

I just adopted 2 black kitties on Oct 1. They're doing fine. We have no idea where the future will take us, but I wanted to talk about the great experience. We showed up on a Wed afternoon while the place had lots of guests - and they were a bit understaffed. And still, they took lots of time to help us, explained we'd have to wait a bit, and then delt with us all in order. "Jake" helped us. He was pleasant, knowledgeable, funny, helpful, and patient - even not complaining when we started adopting one and then also decided on its sibling. Jake was great and should be commended for the great customer service.